Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport ( es, Aeródromo Teniente Julio Gallardo), is an airport serving
Puerto Natales, a city in the
Magallanes Region of
Chile. The airport is north-northwest of Puerto Natales, which is on the Admiral Montt Gulf
(es), a long
fjord that reaches inland close to the border with
Argentina. The airport is from the border.
The Puerto Natales
VOR-DME (Ident: PNT) is located southeast of the airport.
Expansion
In 2014 it was announced that the airport would be expanded with the taxiway widened to and runway extended to and widened to . Work is expected to be completed in September 2016 and is being done so that the airport is better able to handle aircraft such as the
A320
The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus.
The A320 was launched in March 1984, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was introduced in April 1988 by Air France.
The first member of the famil ...
and
Boeing 737 to return scheduled commercial service to Puerto Natales, which it has not had since 2013.
Latest available imagery
[Google Maps ]
Gallardo runway displaced threshold
(2/12/2015) shows a
displaced threshold A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway.
The portion of the runway behind a displaced threshold may be used for takeoff in either direction and landings from the ...
on the southeast end of the runway, limiting runway length to .
Airlines and destinations
See also
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Transport in Chile
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List of airports in Chile
References
External links
Teniente Julio Gallardo Airportat
OpenStreetMap
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Airports in Chile
Airports in Magallanes Region
Última Esperanza Province
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